Portrait of Abraham Bloemaert, aged 82, by Claes Jansz. Visscher

An image of Portrait of Abraham Bloemaert, aged 82. Visscher, Claes Jansz.(Dutch, 1587-1652). Graphite and grey wash on vellum, within a fictive oval, with a line of graphite along the top edge, height 264 mm, width 180 mm, 1648.

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Portrait of Abraham Bloemaert, aged 82. Visscher, Claes Jansz.(Dutch, 1587-1652). Graphite and grey wash on vellum, within a fictive oval, with a line of graphite along the top edge, height 264 mm, width 180 mm, 1648.

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Accession Number: PD.167-1963
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/19.0
Focal length: 80
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 786 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 688.69kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 19/1
Captured: 2016:04:13 14:10:31

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17th Century Abraham Bloemaert aged artists bald balding bearded beards Bloemaert Claes Jansz. Visscher clothes clothing collar elderly fashion graphite male moustache mustache old oval portraits ruff vellum Visscher

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